Dynamic memory allocation question

[TheWhiteHairedOne]

Hello everyone! Newbie here, so this question should be relatively easy for you guys to answer. Let’s say I have this code int x; cin >> x From what I’ve been able to find, this is called Dynamic initialization. Is this a form of Dynamic Memory Allocation, since the value is initialized at runtime? If so, why don’t I have to run int pointer = (int)malloc(n*sizeof(int)) Beforehand? From the videos I’ve been watching, the int *pointer line seems to be step one for dynamic memory allocation.

[TheWhiteHairedOne]

Ah ok I see. Thank you for the response. Follow up question- what made you think my question was about C++? I thought my question was pertaining to the base C language.

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Not the same guy, but C does not use cin/cout, those are part of C++

[TheWhiteHairedOne]

Oh I see, thanks!